Tissue-preferential expression of a rice α-tubulin gene, OsTubA1, mediated by the first intron

Plant Physiology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1005-1014

  Jeon, Jong Seong ^a   Lee, Sichul ^a   Jung, Ki Hong ^a   Jun, Sung Hoon ^a   Kim, Chanhong ^a   An, Gynheung ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CHIMERIC GENE; CLONE; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; INTRON; OSTUBA1 GENE; RNA SPLICING; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0033928910     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.123.3.1005     Document Type: Article

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